42-31485 IY-X Old Ironsides

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Serial No:	42-31485
Model:	B-17G-20-BO
Manufacturer:	Boeing Aircraft Company, Seattle, WA
Delivered:	10/11/1943
Assigned:	01/06/1944
Lost:	06/09/1945
Mission Lost:	N/A
How Lost:	Returned to the USA
Notes:	Declared war weary. Then used as a VHF radio-relay by the 351st BG (Polebrook).

Recorded Missions

#	Date	Mission	Crew
1	01/11/1944	Oschersleben (#14)	Ralph J. White Crew #1
2	01/30/1944	Brunswick (#18)	Ralph J. White Crew #1
3	02/04/1944	Frankfurt (#20)	Clyde A. Lewis Crew #1
4	02/06/1944	Caen (#22)	Ralph J. White Crew #1
5	02/21/1944	Lippstadt (#25)	William M. Rumsey Jr. Crew #1
6	02/25/1944	Augsburg (#28)	Ralph M. Dempsey Crew #1
7	03/09/1944	Berlin (#34)	Scribner C. Dailey Crew #1
8	04/10/1944	Brussels (#48)	Ralph J. White Crew #1
9	04/24/1944	Erding (#55)	Fred D. Grinham Crew #1
10	05/13/1944	Stettin (#69)	Ralph J. White Crew #1
11	05/31/1944	Luxeil (#80)	Fred D. Grinham Crew #1
12	06/14/1944	Le Bourget (#90)	Fred D. Grinham Crew #1
13	06/20/1944	Hazebrouck (#95)	Fred D. Grinham Crew #1
14	06/25/1944	Montbartier (#100)	Felix A. Kalinski Crew #1
15	07/24/1944	Saint-Lo (#115)	Elmer C. Gillespie Crew #1
16	07/31/1944	Munich (#119)	Felix A. Kalinski Crew #1
17	08/06/1944	Genshagen (#124)	Frank P. Ball Crew #1
18	08/25/1944	Peenemunde (#133)	Clinton J. Parr Crew #1
19	08/27/1944	Berlin (Recall) (#136)	Clinton J. Parr Crew #1
20	09/03/1944	Ludwigshaven (#138)	William M. Heenan Crew #1
21	09/11/1944	Merseburg (#142)	Michael J. Kochel Crew #1
22	09/17/1944	Groesbeck (#144)	Joseph L. Cromer Crew #1
23	09/22/1944	Kassel (#146)	George W. McKay Crew #1
24	09/27/1944	Cologne (#149)	George W. McKay Crew #1
25	10/03/1944	Nurnburg (#152)	George W. McKay Crew #1
26	10/06/1944	Stargard (#153)	George W. McKay Crew #1
27	10/15/1944	Cologne (#156)	George W. McKay Crew #1
28	11/06/1944	Harburg (#167)	George W. McKay Crew #1
29	11/16/1944	Eschweiler (#170)	George W. McKay Crew #1
30	11/25/1944	Merseburg (#172)	George W. McKay Crew #1
31	11/29/1944	Misburg (#174)	George W. McKay Crew #1
32	12/04/1944	Kassel (#176)	George W. McKay Crew #1
33	12/15/1944	Kassel (#181)	Carl P. Djernes Crew #1
34	12/24/1944	Koblenz (#183)	George W. McKay Crew #1
35	12/27/1944	Gerolstein (#184)	George W. McKay Crew #1
36	12/30/1944	Kaiserslautern (#187)	George W. Sombart Crew #1
37	12/31/1944	Krefeld (#188)	George W. McKay Crew #1
38	01/01/1945	Kassel (#189)	Kaye M. Spansel Crew #1
39	01/03/1945	Hermulheim (#190)	John Udy Crew #1
40	01/06/1945	Kempernich (#192)	George W. McKay Crew #1
41	01/07/1945	Bitburg (#193)	George W. McKay Crew #1
42	01/10/1945	Euskirchen (#194)	Ernest A. Hansen Crew #1
43	02/16/1945	Gelsenkirchen (#209)	Morris H. Lovell Crew #1